Eyeglass cleaner and polisher



May 7, 1929- D. BRANDFON 1,712,325

EYEGLAss CLEANER AND PoLIsHER Filed July 2, 1928 /j @glam/r ,97 n

INVENTOR David Brandon, l

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` ATroRNEY WITNESSES lill 'Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED STATES DAVID BRANDFON,OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

EYEGLASS CLEANER AND E'OLUSI-IER.V

Application filed July 2,

rThis invention relates to an improved eye glass cleaner and polisher.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having bnlged pockets for the reception of the thumb and linger of the hand so as to press said pockets against opposite surfaces of an eyeglass or other analogous 'article and permit the desired pressure and manipulation for cleaning and polishing purposes.

A further object is to provide a device of this character in -vvhich the pockets are supn ported on arms pivotally connected by a link, the latter being so arranged as to hold. the free ends of the arm apart and prevent any possibility of said arms or other frame structure from contact either With the glass or frame of the glass and allow only the fleX- ible pockets to Contact therewith.

A further object is to provide a device of the character stated in which said pockets are of chamois or any other suitable flexible material having suiiicient slack or freedom to allovv a proper manipulation thereof to thoroughly clean the entire surface of the glass.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arangements of parts, Which Will be more T lully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying l drawings- Figure l is a view in longitudinal section :illustrating my improved device in operative position in the act of cleaning or polishing an eyeglass;

Figure 2 is a perspective vievv of my improved device in operative position;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my device in reversed or inoperative position so as to occupy as small a space as possible.

1 and 2 represent rods or arms which are pivotally connected oneend by my improved link 3. This link 3 1s 1n the form of a plate having its ends located in bifurcated portions of the arms l and 2 and pivotally connected to said arms by rivets or other form of pivot 4;.

rlhe link 3 has a projection or enlargement 5 thereon which is adapted to be engaged by the arms l and 2 and limit the pivotal movement of said arms toward each other so as to hold the free ends of the arms 1928. Serial No. 289,886.

spaced apart for a reason that will more fully hereinafter appear.

The arms l and 2 at their free ends are made With rings 6 which may constitute integral parts of t-he arms, and on these rings 6 flexible cleaning and polishing material i7 is secured by means of clamping` rings 8 over which the edges of the material 7 are folded.

This flexible material 7 is bulged and has a sul'licient slack therein so as to form What I refer to as pockets, as these parts constitute pockets for receiving thc thumb and linger of the hand, and they also function as cleaning and polishing devices to engage the opposite sides of a glass 9 which may constitute part of an eyeglass or spectacle, and I have illustrated a frame l0 on the glass 9 although of course the device may function to clean a glass which has no frame.

An important feature of my invention is the fact that I provide a flexible cleaning and polishing material on each of the arms which has a sul'licient bulge or slackness to form finger and thumb receiving pockets, so that the material may be pressed as tightly as desired against the glass Without any possibility of any portion of the frame of the device engaging the frame or glass of the spectacles or eyeglass. i l

lVhile I have illust-rated a particular manner of securing these so-called pockets to the rings 6 of the arms 11 and 2, it is altogether possible that this manner of securing may be changed to suit conditions.

When the device is not in use, the arms 1 and 2 may be swung to the position shown in Figure 3 so that the tvvo members of the device may lie close together and occupy but little space in a hand bag or pocket.

Various changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts, described ivithout departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and al tera tions as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. An eyeglass cleaner and polisher, comprising a pair of arms, means pivotally connected with said arms and spacing them apart, means limiting the movement of the free ends of the arms toward each other, and flexible finger and` thumb receiving pockets at the free ends of said arms adapted a0-engage the opposite sides of the article to be cleanedk and polished.

" 'Y 2. A device of the character described, in-

5 eluding a pair of arms, a link pivotally connecting the arms at one end, an enlargement 0n the link adapted to be engaged by the arms to limit the movement of the free ends .of June, A. D. 1928.

DAVID BRANDFON. 

